Improvement in wheel-plows



YT. E. C. BRINLY.

*when-mw@ Patented ocu-13,1374.

UNITEDSTATES PATENT QFFICE,

k THOMAS E. O. BRINLY, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHEEL-FLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,825, dated October 13, 1874; application tiled July Q8, 1874. Y V

To all whom it may concer-a: Y

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. G. BRINLY, of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain Improvements in WheeLPlows, of which the following is a specification This invention relates more particularly to wheel-plows of the character described in Letters Patent ot the United States, granted to Henry M. Bullitt, October 7, 1873, and nurnbered 143,434. M y improvement consists, first, in the employment, behind the mold-board of the plow, of a small wheel capableot' vertical adjustment, so that it may run on the bottom of the furrow in the same horizontal plane with the sole of the plow, to relieve it of friction, or in a lower plane to raise the plow and hold it suspended above the ground during transportation, when it acts in conjunction with the carriage from which the plow-beam is suspended, as set i'ortl also, in placing a seat on the plow-beam for the convenience of the driver, suitable supports for his feet bein g also formed on the clip ot' the hanger from which the plow-beam is suspended.

In the annexed drawing, Figure l is a side elevation of my improved wheel-plow. Fig. 2 is a sectional rear elevation of the sam e. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the hanger of the carriage. Fig. 4 is an axial section of the antifriction wheel and its axle.

The same letters of reference are used in all the iigures in the designation of iden tical parts.

As in the plow covered by the abovemen tioned patent, the forward end of the plowbeam A is suspended by the hanger B, forming a pendent arm of the horizontal elevated bar O ofthe carriage, consisting of the wheels D D and uprights E E and said bar O. The uprights, having laterally-projecting journals on which the wheels turn, are provided each with a long Vertical slot, d and d, admitting of vertical adj ustment of the bar C, for the purpose of raising or lowering the plow-beam, as Well as to admit of the proper ,adjustment of the wheels D and D', with reference to each other, when one runs in the furrow and the other on the unplowed ground. Braces F F connect the uprights of the carriage with the extreme forward end of the plow-beam, which is also provided with the customary clevis. The lower end of the hanger B terminates in a clip composed of the bars B1 B1 andthe confining-plate. B2, the former being rnlly bolted to the hanger-arm, and the latter being adjustably secured to the bars Bl by screw-andnut connections. The confining-plate B2 of this clip is constructed with horns b b, serving as supports for the feet of the driver when he is riding on the plow, mounted on the seat F, which is secured to the plow-beam A at a point nearly above the standard. The uprights of the carriage have each a rearwardlyprojecting arm at their lower ends, extending just beyond the periphery ot' the wheels and carrying laterallyprojecting scrapers c e, for cleaning the wheels. The standard, share, mold-board, and land-side of the plow may be otl any approved construction, although Ipreferably employ such as have been at various times patented by me. In rear of the mold-board I arrange a small wheel, G, which is carried on an independent bar or standard, H, connected at its upper end to the plowbeam. This wheel turns on a laterally-projecting journal of the standard H, and can be adjusted in height, with reference to the sole of the plow, by raising orlowering the standard in its fastening, which consists of a bearingplate, I, lirmly bolted to the plow-beam, and an eyebolt, K, the eye of which receiving the standard is fitted in a recess or slot in the plate I, while its shank passes through the beam and is provided with a nut t'or tightening the eye on the standard. By simply 1oosening this nut thev standard is released so that it may be slid up or down in the eyebolt, to raise or lower the wheel, according as it is to be used as an anti-friction wheel in plowing, when it must be set to run in the bottom of the furrow, or as a third wheel of the carriage in transporting the machine, when it 'must be lowered below the sole of the plow.

The upper portion of thestandard H is round, so that it may be readily turned in its bearingplate I and eyebolt K, by doing which the plane ofthe revolution of wheel G can be adjusted either to a parallel with the land side or so that it will be at an angle thereto. By thus'setting this wheel at different angles to the land side the amount of land taken by the plow can be nicely governed. A scraper, h, is arranged on standard H in such a position as to scrape the tread of wheel Gr. The employment of this Wheel G, I have found in practice, relieves the plow of so much friction that the additional weight of the driver riding on the plow-beam can easily be carried without overloading the plow, and it also governs the action ofthe plow so nicely that the guidance of the driver is not required atall times. The plow is provided with handles, as usual, so connected to the beam that they may be adjusted in height to suit different persons.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a plow, the carriage,

composed of the wheels D D', slotted uprights E E', vertically-adjustable bar C, with hanger B B1 B1 B2 and braces F F', andthe verticallyadjustable wheel G, behind the mold-board ot' the plow, all substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In combination with the beam of a plow, suspended from a carriage such as described, theseat F and foot-supports b b, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

. T. E. C. BRINLY.

Vitnesses G. DETTWEILER, JACOB WEBER. 

